Gene Ammons (1925-1974): Gentle Jug Vol. 2

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Detailed Information

  • Label: Prestige, 1960-71
  • Order number: 9004364
  • Release date: 17.4.1995
  1. 1 It's The Talk Of The Town Start
  2. 2 They Say You'Re Lauighing At Me Start
  3. 3 You Go To My Head Start
  4. 4 A Stranger In Town Start
  5. 5 If You Are But A Dream Start
  6. 6 I Sold My Heart To The Junkman Start
  7. 7 My Romance Start
  8. 8 I Want To Be Loved Start
  9. 9 Here's That Rainy Day Start
  10. 10 Don't Go To Strangers Start
  11. 11 A House Is Not A Home Start
  12. 12 Love I've Found You Start
+ Mal Waldron, Ed Thigpen u.a.

Product Information

Like all jazz immortals, Gene Ammons thrived in many settings. His Prestige jam sessions established the recording format for an entire era; he was a thoroughgoing master of the blues and a natural in an organ combo. When it came to playing ballads, though, Ammons outdid himself; and this collection, surveying his ballad work from 1960 to 1971, with accompaniment ranging from a lone electric piano to a full big band, is definitive Ammons balladry. Whether crooning venerable standards like "Talk of the Town" or "You Go to My Head" with a quartet, exploring less familiar titles such as "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Love I've Found You," or even backing Etta Jones on "If You Are But a Dream," the tenor balladry here is strictly Boss.

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